Mrs• Willis Bucher . . . By Mrs. Charles McSparran Farm Feature Writer Christmas is celebrated many ways even among Christian churches and Christian people. In most cases tradition plays a great part in making Christmas more meaningful. December 3rd is the first Sunday of Advent. Among Moravians the Moravian designed star is hung in the church and doorways and win dows of homes from the first Sunday in Advent until the first Sunday in Epiphany. It precedes all other decorations. A multipointed star with internal illumination, it was first made by some boys in the Niesky School in Germany around 1850. The Christmas Eve Candle is a rich Christian symbol used in the Christmas Eve vigils of the Moravian Church. In that ser vice, burning candles are distributed to the worshippers as they sing praise to their Savior who came to be the Light of the' World. The origin dates back to 1747 in Germany when Bishop John deWatterville introduced it during a service for children. He gave each child a burning candle wrapped with a red band to help ««es»aea»s]Bß»S]M()efs: Her Many Talents Put to Use at Holiday Season Mrs. Bucher, in front of her cup and saucer collection, admires the bluebird cup and saucer she used as a child. them remember Christ’s birth, attend that it is necessary to passion and wounds. This custom secure tickets beforehand in is still practiced today in the order to get a seat. Women and Morvian Churches. The candles men who serve the love feast are are made of beeswax as it known as Deaners. The women represents the sinless purity of dress in white and wear a haube Christ’s flesh. The paper frill has on their head. A blue ribbon on been added to catch any drip- the haube indicates a married pings. woman, a pink ribbon a single The Lititz Moravian Church woman and a white ribbon a observes the love feast the widowed woman. Sunday before Christmas and At the love feast each of the Christmas Eve. So many people women Deaners come into the * join the *=■ HRISTMAS CLI ¥. ¥ « Fulton Bank will add something extra to your Christmas Club check next November— Wi% average interest—if you complete all your payments. An extra “Merry Christmas” bonus to all our Christmas Club savers. Join a Fulton Christmas Club now—there’s a lot of interest in it for you. You may open a Club for as little as $l.OO bi-weekly. Hiim BANK SERVING LANCASTER AND DAUPHIN COUNTIES Member Federal Reserve System/F.D.I C. church with a basket of buns pews. The electric lights are which they pass into the pews so turned off and individual candles that each person gets one. The truly remind the worshipers of men servers bring trays of coffee Christ, the Light of the World, and cups of coffee are passed to The Moravian Church Square each one in the pews. The in Lititz was laid out in 1757 and minister conducts the service. the church was built in 1787. The men servers bring in trays of Besides the church in the square lit beeswax candles which are there is Linden Hall, and the passed to each person in the Brethren’s House where 'George Mrs. Willis H. Bucher, Lime Rock Mill Rd. f Lititz RD2, demonstrates making a ruffle to catch the dripping wax from the Moravian beeswax candle used for their love feast. The multi-pointed star used in Moravian parishioner homes, one of Mrs. Bucher's home-made dolls and an arrangement can be seen on the table. * 0 Lancaster Farming, Satin day, December 2,1972 ;jMEMSX99UB9EJ|| Washington had some of his soldiers during the Revolutionary War. The Brethren’s House is now used for a Sunday School Building. There is also some other houses, not owned by the church. This is truly a beautiful spot and the buildings are well preserved. The church makes the many pointed illuminated stars available to the people so they can put them in their homes for the Christmas season. Mrs. Willis H (Margaret) Bucher, Lititz RD2, is a Deaner of the Lititz Moravian Church. She also helps make the paper frills for the candles. She is president of the Women’s Missionary Society and was president of her Sunday School class. She taught a Sunday School class in the primary department for 20 years. She is a member of the church Women’s Fellowship. Mrs. Bucher says “Cooking is (Continued On Page 24) 23
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